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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which toothpaste did the Wydra's decide to use after seeing commercials?
(a) Colgate.
(b) Arm and Hammer.
(c) Crest.
(d) Acme.

2. What did Eva tell Penny that she thought of when she thought of love?
(a) A dark forest with a narrow path.
(b) A beautiful beach.
(c) Poland.
(d) A sunlit street.

3. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"
(a) She was learning the language too quickly.
(b) She wanted to go to school in America.
(c) She didn't want to be seen with her mother.
(d) She was becoming "cold."

4. What kind of home did Eva's parents buy in Canada?
(a) A two story lap-board house.
(b) A small "stucco" house.
(c) A large brick house.
(d) An ocean cottage.

5. What began to win Eva prizes at school in Canada?
(a) Her painting.
(b) Her speeches.
(c) Her piano playing.
(d) Her poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vancouver's Board of Commerce claimed that Vancouver was the most beautiful city in the world after what city?

2. Why couldn't Eva hear herself on the radio when she was interviewed at 14 years old?

3. Where did the Wydras live inside the house in which they stayed when they arrived in Vancouver?

4. What could Eva NOT afford to do at Christmas when she was in college?

5. When Eva went out with her new friends in Canada, what was the boy wearing who teased Eva and called her a "foreign student?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Shortly after the Wydra's arrived in Canada, Eva had a bad dream. What was it and why was it significant?

2. How did Canada's work ethic affect Eva's father and his view of himself?

3. When Eva and her family arrived in Canada, how did Eva view the two parts of her life?

4. How did Mr. Ostropov play the role of the "mad Russian?"

5. How did the concept of "internal goods" give Eva comfort and allow her to feel more comfortable with herself?

6. When Eva and her friends would see a foreign film in Poland, what questions would they ask about the characters in the film? How does this relate to Eva's life in Canada?

7. Once in Canada, how did Eva keep her privacy? What did she hold back? How was she careful in what she said about the difficulties that her family was facing?

8. In Eva's attempt at secrecy, what role did Mrs. Steiner play? Why did Eva place her is this position? What characteristics did Mrs. Steiner have that made Eva behave differently towards her?

9. Why did Eva believe that speech was a class signifier?

10. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?

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